Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – July 8, 2023 . . . BMW M Team RLL will start tomorrow’s two-hour-and-forty-minute Chevrolet Grand Prix from the sixth and seventh GTP class positions, following today’s 20-minute qualifying session at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.
Augusto Farfus qualified the No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 sixth with a lap of 1:06.801-minutes around the classic 2.459-mile, 10-turn road course. He will co-drive with Philipp Eng tomorrow, looking to best a season’s-high fourth-place finish at Long Beach. The duo stands seventh in GTP driver points. Nick Yelloly will start the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 from the seventh after qualifying with a 1:06.848-minute lap. Yelloly and co-driver Connor De Phillippi stand second in GTP driver point standings, having scored a win (Watkins Glen) and two runner-up finishes (Sebring with Sheldon van der Linde and Long Beach).
Augusto Farfus, driver No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 (P6): “We are taking baby steps and improving with every outing, but we're still not where we want to be. I'm pretty confident that tomorrow we're going to make another step and we'll be even closer to competition. Focus forward.”
Nick Yelloly, driver No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 (P7): “From practice, we've definitely made a step forward, which I think is positive. Having never been here before, and in a prototype, is something I am getting used to. We have a lot of homework to do overnight to make the car slightly more drivable, but I’m pleased with the progress we've made.”
Madison Snow qualified third in the GT Daytona (GTD) class with a 1:15.575-minute lap in the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3. He will co-drive with Bryan Sellers. The pair leads GTD Driver points with wins at Sebring and Long Beach, as well as a well-earned second place at Watkins Glen after battling from three laps down. Patrick Gallagher qualified the No. 96 LIQUI-MOLY BMW M4 GT3 fifth in class with a 1:15.992-minute lap. He will co-drive with Robby Foley. The No. 97 McIntosh BMW M4 GT3 will start eighth following a 1:16.196-minute qualifying lap by Chandler Hull. He will co-drive with IMSA all-time win leader Bill Auberlen. All three BMWs qualified within .718 seconds of the pole-winning No. 27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3.
The two-hour-and-forty-minute Chevrolet Grand Prix will be televised live on NBC beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET.
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